秘鲁，哥伦比亚同意促进双边项目

 　　LIMA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Authorities of both Peru and Colombia have agreed to promote bilateral¹ development and cooperation projects till 2015, announced Luis Olivera, director of the Peruvian International Cooperation Agency (PICA), Wednesday.

　　The agreement was reached at the seventh Meeting of the Peru- Colombia Joint² Committee on Technical and Scientific Cooperation here Wednesday, Olivera said in a statement posted on the PICA website.

　　Olivera said he and his Colombian counterpart Maria Andrea Alban Duran, director of the Colombian International Cooperation Agency, agreed at the meeting that both countries would cooperate to strengthen national preventive measures against domestic and gender-based violence and to encourage a culture of tolerance³ among youth.

　　The two countries will also work to preserve the security of children and adolescents, with an eye on preventing their recruitment by organized crime and armed groups, Olivera said.

　　The Peruvian official said that the two countries would also develop joint training programs in environmental preservation⁴ for small and medium-size lumber⁵ companies and communities living in the Amazon border region between the two nations.

　　Peru and Colombia are partner states in the Andean Community ( CAN) and share an extensive borderline in the Amazonian region, where they promote bilateral integration⁶ in all fields.

1 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

4 preservation   

n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持

参考例句：

• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
• The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。

5 lumber   

n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动

参考例句：

• The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
• They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

6 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。